Restrained disaster films are even more disturbing

Frederic 2022-04-23 07:02:30

The angle of the film is particularly good, all the regrets and tragedies are written in the details, restrained and warm.

This story only looks at the data, there is no big scene, and the movie points out who the murderer is at the beginning, there is no shocking disaster scene necessary for disaster films, there is no suspense, and even the bombs are improvised bombs made of pressure cookers... Then How is the story told?

Seeing the appearance of all beings at the beginning of the film, I guess it is to use the life of every ordinary person to be changed by the explosion to sensationalize. Fortunately, no, the film does not use forceful sensationalism from the soundtrack to the rhythm of the picture. All the shocks are reflected in the details - the mounted policeman who guarded the corpse all night alone, the newlyweds who rolled sheets and tangled their legs in the morning... These details flashed in my mind one by one during the viewing process. I think disaster is so intuitive, regret is so real...

Disaster is not the story of a hero, but the story of every ordinary person.

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Patriots Day quotes

  • Interrogator: Are there more bombs?

    Katherine Russell: I want a lawyer.

    Interrogator: No.

    Katherine Russell: No? "No" what?

    Interrogator: No.

    Katherine Russell: I have rights.

    Interrogator: You ain't got shit, sweetheart.

  • Jessica Kensky: [recuperating in the hospital] Bet I'll run the marathon before you.

    Patrick Downes: It's "befo' you."

    Jessica Kensky: Before you.

    Patrick Downes: "Befo' you." The "R" is silent.